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The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) announced Friday it plans to terminate its Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program. The HSS program is described by DHS as a “benefit to help people with disabilities, including mental illness and substance use disorder, and seniors find and keep housing.” According to the DHS, the decision was made following a letter from DHS …

The Department of Veterans Affairs is walking away from plans to cut 83,000 employees through “department-wide” layoffs. Documents and data obtained by Federal News Network, however, show how department officials planned to reach their workforce reduction goals, before scrapping the proposal. VA’s former workforce reduction plan considered cutting 20,000 clinical staff from the Veterans Health Administration, including nurses and other …

Amazon’s (AMZN) stock sank on Friday after the performance of its AWS unit failed to live up to the hype built up by rivals Google (GOOG, GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT). The tech giant announced its second quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, beating on the top and bottom lines and offering better-than-anticipated Q3 revenue guidance of between $174 billion …

Google is largely reversing course on its plans to discontinue support for all shortened goo.gl URLs on August 25th. Goo.gl URLS that already show a message saying that they will be deactivated in August will still stop working — the company started showing the deactivation message nine months ago on URLs that “showed no activity in late 2024” — but …

Medicare, Medicaid plans to experiment with covering weight loss drugs  The Washington Post Trump officials plan coverage for weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid  The Guardian US plans to test Medicare, Medicaid coverage for weight-loss drugs, Washington Post reports  Reuters Eli Lilly (LLY) Stock Rises on Medicare Weight Loss Drug Coverage Plan  GuruFocus Lilly, Novo rally after report of Medicare weight loss coverage  TipRanks …

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., says Republicans’ redistricting efforts are an attempt to “rig the election before it starts.” “They’re saying …

Apple on Thursday signaled that it’s getting more serious about its plans to catch up in the AI race. “We see AI as one of the most profound technologies of our lifetime. We are embedding it across our devices and platforms and across the company. We are also significantly growing our investments,” CEO Tim Cook said on the Q3 2025 …

Council member Robert White believes there could be enough D.C. council members in agreement to shoot down a proposed deal that would build a new stadium for the Washington Commanders. At-Large Council member Robert White believes there could be enough D.C. council members in agreement to shoot down a proposed deal that would build a new stadium for the Washington …

Trump plans $200M ballroom he’s long sought in East Wing expansion  The Washington Post Construction on Trump’s $200 million White House ballroom to begin in September  CNN Trump to build ‘beautiful’ $200m ballroom at White House  The Guardian Trump plans massive renovation of White House  Politico Why Trump is obsessed with building a White House ballroom  NPR Source link

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren, a program created in 1966 to help interest young people in following healthy, active lifestyles. Children had to run and perform situps, pullups or pushups and a sit-and-reach test, but the program changed in 2012 during the Obama administration to focus more …